Resume Bela Ban

OBJECTIVE	Research or development position in one of the following (or similar) areas: Distributed Systems, Middleware, Communication and OOT, Networking Large-scale reliable data dissemination (e.g. video on demand): SRM, probabilistic broadcast Reliable and Fault-Tolerant Systems Message Buses (publish/subscribe) Components / design patterns for networks / reliability Position must be in the Greater Silicon Valley area ! Optional: continue work on JavaGroups
EDUCATION	Post-Doc, Cornell University Dec 1999 PhD Computer Science, University of Zurich Nov 1997 Masters degree in Computer Science, English and Economics June 1992
WORK EXPERIENCE	Post-Doctoral Researcher 1997-1999 Computer Science Dept, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Work on reliable group communication toolkit (JavaGroups), Java Reusable building blocks for reliable group communication Researcher 1994-1997 IBM Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland Network Management Group PhD thesis on CMIP/SNMP/Corba based network management (C++) OSI TMN/6000 agent development toolkit (C++) Knowledge Engineer 1992-1994 Intelligent Systems Engineering AG, Taegerwilen, Switzerland AI-based configuration management software product (C++) AI-based error diagnostics software product (C++) Co-op 1989-1992 IBM, Zurich, Switzerland Design/implementation of a dealer commissioning system (C++, DB2) Assistant Teacher 1985-1986 Detroit (MI), St. Cruz (CA) International exchange program, teaching at HS level Programmer 1985-1986 Swiss Army Replicated databases for intelligence-gathering (MS SQL Server, C++, Visual Basic)
SKILLS	Languages: Java, C++, Common List (CLOS), Smalltalk Middleware: RMI, Corba Design: Design Patterns, OOT, components, metaobject protocols Operating Systems: UNIX (Linux, AIX), WinXX, Mac
PAPERS	Dissertation: A Generic Management Model for CORBA, CMIP and SNMP (Abstract, diss.pdf.gz, diss.ps.gz) Slides thesis defense (in German) Static vs. Dynamic Network Management An Object-Oriented Framework For Multi-Domain Management Using Java for Dynamic Access to Multiple Object Models Extending CORBA for Multi-Domain Management (slides) A Generic Object Model for Multi-Domain Management Adding Group Communication to Java in a Non-Intrusive Way Using the Ensemble Toolkit JavaGroups -- Group Communication Patterns in Java Static vs. Dynamic Method Resolution in Java: The Case For Argument-Based Method Selection (Code: MethodCall.java, MethodCallTest.java) Design and Implementation of a Reliable Group Communication Toolkit for Java Open Source - A New Software Development Paradigm State Transfer in the JavaGroups Toolkit Implementing Group Protocols Using Dynamic Remote Method Invocations (draft)
OTHER INTERESTS	Triathlon (Ironman finisher) Marathon (New York, Boston) Swing Dancing